The Pakistan tour of England is all set to get underway from today as the 1st of 3 ODIs will be played today at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff.Those fantasy lovers who will create teams for this match in various fantasy cricket sites should know that England took the field with as many as nine uncapped players as several frontline English cricketers have tested covid positive just before the couple of days to the start of the series. Ben Stokes will lead this England team and it will be interesting to see how they perform against a decent Pakistan side with almost a new side.
On other hand, a formidable Pakistan side led by the star batsman Babar Azam will be eyeing to win another overseas series. Last time they toured South Africa in April & beat a well composed South African team 2-1 in a 3 match ODI series. It's an ideal chance for them to win a series as they are playing against the second string side of England.
Below here, we discuss briefly about today’s match details, how the pitch is going to behave, what will be the possible playing XIs, at last we give our 2 suggested fantasy xi. This can be beneficial for people who play online fantasy cricket for this game.
Match Details
England vs Pakistan, 1st ODI
Ground: Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Date & Time: July 8th, at 5:30 PM IST and 1:00 PM Local Time
Live Streaming: Sony Sports Network
How Pitch Will Behave
Sophia Ground at Cardiff is one of the flattest batting tracks in England. With a short boundary on either side, team batting first will be looking to put over 300 runs on the scorecard. Team batting second might have an advantage in this game.
Possible Playing XIs of Both Teams
England
Philip Salt/ Ben Duckett, James Vince, Dawid Malan, Zak Crawley, Ben Stokes (c), Daniel Lawrence / Will Jacks, Lewis Gregory, Jake Ball, Saqib Mahmood, Matt Parkinson, David Payne
Pakistan
Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi
Our Suggested Fantasy XIs for this Match
Fantasy XI-1: Mohammad Rizwan, James Vince, Babar Azam (c), Zak Crawley, Fakhar Zaman, Ben Stokes (vc), Shadab Khan, Jake Ball, Saqib Mahmood, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali
Fantasy XI-2: Philip Salt, Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam, Dawid Malan, Zak Crawley (vc), Fakhar Zaman (c), Ben Stokes, Faheem Ashraf, David Payne, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf
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